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Roswell Park Cancer Institute invites all those touched by lung cancer or wishing to learn more about this disease to attend the fifth annual "Breath of Life Celebration" Saturday, Nov. 9, from 8:30 am to noon in RPCI's Research Studies Center, located on Carlton Street at Elm Street, across from the main hospital in Buffalo.
Hosted by the Roswell Park thoracic cancer team and sponsored by Lipsitz & Ponterio LLC, this free event offers lung cancer patients, survivors, families and friends an opportunity to gain information about new approaches to lung cancer surveillance, treatment, research and survivorship. All those whose lives have been affected by lung cancer are encouraged to attend and join RPCI in kicking off Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
"This event provides the community with updates on the latest advances in the treatment of and screening for lung cancer from local experts at Roswell Park. It also provides lung cancer survivors and their families with desperately needed advocacy and support," said Mary E. Reid, Ph.D., associate professor of oncology and director of collaborative research in the department of medicine at Roswell Park. "Lung cancer is a tough diagnosis that no one should have to deal with alone. At the 'Breath of Life' event, people can share their experiences with other survivors and learn about how to live with lung cancer."
The "Breath of Life" celebration will include opening remarks by Dr. Reid and Alex A. Adjei, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president of clinical research and the Katherine Anne Gioia Chair in Cancer Medicine at RPCI. Educational sessions will focus on lung cancer screening and surveillance efforts, early detection, new therapies and new genetic markers, among other topics. In addition, lung cancer survivors will share their personal stories, and informational tables will be available where attendees can learn more about available resources. Refreshments will be served.
Lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., is most curable when detected early. It is estimated that 228,190 new cases of lung cancer will be diagnosed this year in the U.S., and that 159,480 Americans will die from the disease in 2013.
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The other participant in the discussion, Mr. X, thinks that it would be incorrect to say that some foreign model of civil society was introduced into YYY. In European countries, for example, civil society was created by uniting people who helped each other. They often did not do any favors to strangers and cooperated to achieve their common causes and interests.
YYY is the name of the country.
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The act of a girl bending over really low when dancing on a guy. The girl is to get really low and grind her ass on the guys crouch and bend her head down, while keeping her back straight.
This girl I was dancing with last night got really low on me, I screamed shes turnpiking
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Horoscopes for week of November 13, 2003
How much do you want to know about your destiny in the coming week, Aries? How far do you dare to go? For more insight into your shimmering, undulating fate, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week. The reading costs $6.
"Consumer brands are the new religion," reports "The Financial Times." "People turn to them for meaning." The evidence? Instead of attending church on Sunday, many of the faithful swarm to Ikea. Countless couples exchange their marital vows at Disneyland. Bikers are buried in coffins bearing Harley-Davidson logos. Don't tell me you haven't been infected with this faux religion, Taurus; we all have. But I'm happy to announce that it's a perfect astrological moment for blasphemy and dissent. Renounce your worshipful attachment to brand names and products that are sapping your spiritual juice! Break the hold of your addiction NOW! Just say NO to false gods!
No one knows you better than you do, Taurus. But maybe you'll be inspired to dig up even more self-knowledge in the coming week if you tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
I have just finished skimming Hiroyuki Nishigaki's surprising book How to Good-Bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way? Though I haven't had a chance to try out his simple and revolutionary approach to mental health, I feel confident about recommending it to you. It's time to take drastic, perhaps unconventional measures to disperse the funky moods that have plagued you recently. Regular butt-squeezing may be able to accomplish what no other therapy can. As one satisfied reader testified after achieving miracles with this technique: "Free your ass and your mind will follow."
Hungry for more inspiration, Gemini? Curious about the unfolding mysteries? For more juicy details about your destiny in the coming week, check out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Can you find a sensitive saint who'll cater to your desires for a whole day? Someone who is knowledgeable about what gives you pleasure, who would listen with supple curiosity to your stories, who would sing you songs and read you poems and describe to you in lyrical detail all your wonderful qualities? In other words, Cancerian, can you enlist the devotion of a love genius who would regard being of service to you as a holy privilege? The planets have rarely been better aligned for such a possibility. The entire universe is yearning to be more demonstrative in showing its love for you.
Your destiny is a gorgeous mystery, Cancerian. Your soul is awakening more every day. The secrets of life are ripening right in front of your eyes. For more clues, consider checking out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
The bumblebee seems to be aerodynamically unsound. Its body weight appears too great for its wingspan. Indeed, if it were as big as an airplane, it would never get off the ground. Fortunately, it knows nothing of the laws of physics as they apply to machines, and therefore never suffers from self-doubt as it soars and darts. I suggest you make this creature your power animal in the coming weeks. You will need to accomplish small wonders that there are no theories to account for.
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Leo? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
My reading of your astrological omens suggests that you are now standing before three doors. The word "scapegoat" is written on door number one. "Chameleon" is on door two and "weaver" on door three. What you do in the next six days will determine whether you'll ultimately have a choice about which door you open. If you do succeed in winning that privilege, I advise you to pick the "weaver" door sometime after November 22. Selecting the "chameleon" door wouldn't be terrible, but it wouldn't be half as stimulating.
Where do you want to go in the coming week, Virgo? Who do you want to be? For more clues, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Recently I received a letter with testimony you might find helpful. "Hello, my name is Randall Xavier Ludwick," it began. "I am inspector number 23 for the Federal Commission on Amusement Park Safety. My main responsibility is to ensure that all 'You Must Be This Tall To Go on This Ride' signs are up to code. It's the perfect job for a major Libra like me. Since I can never make up my mind if left to my own devices, I decided to pursue a career that has rigid boundaries and also appeals to my sense of justice." Mr. Ludwick's approach to his indecisiveness might be worth imitating in the coming weeks, dear Libra. I suggest you put yourself in positions where you must adhere to crisply defined limits and rules. (Thanks to Edgar Roberts for introducing me to Mr. Ludwick.)
Life will bring you entertaining revelations in the coming week, Libra. To explore even deeper, dive into your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
You are fresh, radical, and as free as you've ever been. Only the ripest truths interest you. No pretty lies can trick you and no super-hyped trivia can distract you. I believe you're ready, therefore, to commune with the axioms of healing chaos, lifted from the Whores of Goddess Scientists website. Here's a sample. You are the hidden God. Wake up in the dream. Read between the lies. To question is the answer. The frontline is everywhere. There are no innocent bystanders. Truth is a three-edged sword. Practice infinite tolerance except for intolerance. Achieve strength through joy. Embrace your shadow. Change is stability. Creation never ends. Everything is verb. The way in is the way out. All things fornicate all the time. The going is the goal. Today is the day!
Want more clues, Scorpio? Need further insight? I discuss your coming week in greater depth in your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Walk into the hills or woods and find a large rock jutting up out of the earth in a place that makes you feel at home. Sit down on or next to that rock and let go of the tightly wound emotions you've been holding onto. Sob or sigh or babble until you achieve a spiritual orgasm that will clear your mind of all its gunk and free you to make the decision you've been postponing. Ever hereafter you will call this the Crying Rock, and you will go there whenever you need the kind of release that only a beloved natural power spot can facilitate.
Need a few more whacks applied to your mental blocks in the coming week, Sagittarius? A few more caresses administered to your growing edge? Cruise on over to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
If a friend or companion is pregnant, buy her some lingerie. If people close to you are depressed, take them to a karaoke bar and insist that they sing in public. If you're feeling cautious and superstitious, book a flight to an island paradise or learn to ride a motorcycle. If you're afraid you're running out of good ideas, start writing a booklet entitled, "My Inexhaustible Supply of Good Ideas." Are you catching my drift, Capricorn? To capitalize on the odd opportunities fate will bring you this week, you should definitely not go with the flow.
Got enough clues to chew on for a while, Capricorn? If you need more, give yourself the luxury of your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week. The reading costs $6.
Many of you feel that you're only truly yourself if others see you as you want to be seen. But this week I suggest you try out a different perspective. It's hinted at by Suzan-Lori Parks in her play "Topdog/ Underdog": "Yr only yrself when no one's watching." Who are you when you're alone, Aquarius? Turn off your awareness of what everyone thinks about you. Listen only to the clues arising from your silent depths.
Want to explore the coming week even further, Aquarius? Dig deeper? Feel stronger? Consider tuning in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Back in the days when I could afford employees, one of them dreamed up a witty ad campaign for my expanded audio horoscopes. The headline was "Rob Brezsny's astrological advice is like Viagra for the soul!" A week after the first ads appeared, I got a letter from the lawyers of the pharmaceutical company that manufactures the real Viagra. "Cease and desist using our trademarked brand name," it said, "or we will sue your ass." (I'm paraphrasing.) My campaign came to a dead stop, and I vowed never again to borrow a corporate fetish for my own marketing purposes. Carefully, then, I make the following announcement: What life brings you in the coming weeks will be like Viagra for your soul.
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Pisces? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
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Yes, as long as when 3DS Max saves a model then 1 "default unit" gets saved as 1 in the 3DS file (in floating point.)Roach wrote:I know to my own knowledge that 128 = 1 tile in Warzone 2100. So if I was to make a model has a size of 128x128x182
using default units in Gmax or 3DS Max will the model correspond to the size of one tile ingame when converted to .pie format?
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error |07:38:12: [_imd_load_level] _imd_load_level: too many points in IMD
error |07:38:12: [iV_ProcessIMD] iV_ProcessIMD icbmsilo.pie unsuccessful
error |07:38:12: [dataIMDBufferLoad] IMD load failed - icbmsilo.pie
error |07:38:12: [resLoadFile] resLoadFile: The load function for resource type "IMD" failed for file "icbmsilo.pie"
fatal |07:38:12: [resLoad] Failed to parse wrf/piestats.wrf
IIRC that 3DS converter doesn't remove duplicate vertices, it does a straight forward conversion (unlike the tool I'm working on,) so you end up with 2 or 3 times as many vertices.Roach wrote:I've made my first attempt but for odd reasons it fails to load ingame after conversion, too many points ingame? it says
but the original .MAX model only has 352 triangles and 216 vertices before exporting to .3ds
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Yamaha MX-D1 digital power amplifier
I forget who told me that parable at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show, but the context was the analog vs digital debate, which in the audiophile community often takes on the tone of holy war. However, as big an analog devotee as I am, when it comes to audio, I don't buy the cow routine. Yes, it has proven to be mostly true with respect of digital audio for the past 25 years or so, but as sampling rates increase, bit words lengthen, and processing attains levels of finesse that only time and experience can buy, digital sound has improved to the point where in some cases it's almost the same cow. DSD recording at 1 bit/2.83MHz, for instance, can be about as true to a live source as I've heard. Using studio-quality converters the likes of which most of us can't afford, I wouldn't want to have to choose which was which in a blind test.
Which is not to say I might not prefer an analog recording that actually did change the sound of the source. Recording is an art as well as a science. I remember John Atkinson telling me that the DSD version of a recording session he'd produced was closer to the mike feed, but that everyone involved preferred the sound of the analog tape.
So when, recently, a reader alerted me to Yamaha's $5000, 500Wpc MX-D1 "digital" amplifier, I thought it worthy of a Stereophile review, I wasn't worried that my pro-analog bias would get in the way of an honest assessment of its sonic performance.
Natural Sound heritage
Yamaha may once have built a loudspeaker driver in the shape of the human ear (see my review of the Sonus Faber Stradivari Homage in the January 2005 Stereophile, p.98), but the company's audiophile bona fides, beginning with its Natural Sound receivers back in the 1970s, have never been in doubt. Yamaha also builds musical instruments; they have folks on staff who know what music sounds like and appreciate the quest to accurately reproduce it in the home. That must also be true for those in Yamaha's engineering and management departments—designing, manufacturing, and marketing a product such as the MX-D1 is an expensive and risky proposition for a mainstream audio company.
As with Sharp's SM-SX100, an expensive, jewel-like, 1-bit integrated amplifier that I reviewed in the July 2000 Stereophile, Yamaha's engineering exercise of designing the MX-D1 will probably yield a host of trickle-down digital amplifiers for home theater and other applications in which high power and compact, lightweight design make an attractive combination.
The road case in which my sample of the MX-D1 arrived weighs almost twice as much as the 23-lb amp itself. Finished in a smooth, glossy black so rich it almost seems translucent, the MX-D1's appearance is attractive yet understated. The transparent plastic On/Off switch nests in a notch placed midway on the front panel. Push it in and it glows a cool LED blue.
The MX-D1's overall construction and parts quality appear to be extremely high; the heavy, copper-plated chassis has extensive magnetic shielding and vibration control. Use in multichannel and home theater installation is provided for with an RS-232 serial interface that provides for remote triggered on/off and other custom-installation needs. High-quality speaker terminals and single-ended and balanced WBT inputs (the amp itself is not a balanced design) signal Yamaha's intention to crack the audiophile market.
But to really appreciate what Yamaha has done in that regard, you have to crack the case. Inside is a true dual-mono design, including separate power supplies, that Yamaha calls Twin Monaural Construction. Yamaha also designed and developed two custom chipsets: the YDA 133, a constant-gain phase-locked loop (PLL) modulator; and the YDA 134 power MOSFET driver. The modulator syncs to a clock and outputs a fixed-frequency (352.8kHz), pulse-width-modulated waveform operating at the power supply voltages that represents the input music superimposed on the power supply's output voltage. A digital pulse-feedback loop is said to improve the linearity of the output stage and the modulator circuit. A 30kHz low-pass LC filter removes the 352.8kHz carrier, leaving an amplified version of the input. Each channel's output filter is a custom-made, double-coil toroidal inductor of low impedance with "extra-large" custom electrolytic capacitors, which Yamaha claims are critical to the amplifier's sound.
Yamaha applies an Advanced Analog Feedback Circuit to the signal after this low-pass filter. According to them, this results in a 100kHz bandwidth (–3dB) and high damping factor (over 200) independent of load impedance.
Yamaha's Active Power Control System is claimed to allow the MX-D1 to vary its output with the speaker load (2–8 ohms) by detecting the output current and adjusting the power-supply voltage output limit. The result is said to be optimal power output regardless of speaker load. Dual, independent, switching-type power supplies operate at 88kHz and feature high-efficiency, low-noise, magnetic-coupling rectification circuits. Protection is provided by a "super-fast" circuit capable of measuring the current of a single pulse, as well as by a circuit that detects DC; each of these can instantly shut down the MX-D1 when necessary.
The result of all of this innovation is the claimed 500Wpc RMS output from a relatively small, lightweight, cool-running amp that consumes little power and has a very low claimed total harmonic distortion (0.003% or less at 1kHz), 120dB dynamic range, and exceptionally wide bandwidth: 1Hz–100kHz, ±3dB.
I placed the MX-D1 on my Ginkgo Audio Cloud 11 Isolation stand, which sat atop my Musical Fidelity kW amplifiers' shared outboard power supply (shut off, of course), which in turn sat on a Symposium Acoustics Ultra platform—all of which made the MX-D1 look more like a system accessory than the main event. The kW's power supply alone weighs more than 90 lbs and is taller than three or four stacked MX-D1s. You'd have to pile up five or six MX-D1s to equal the height of one kW monoblock, yet this little slab of technology is claimed to output 500W—half of the kW's prodigious rated output into 8 ohms, but still more power than most far larger audiophile-grade amps.
Solid-state vs Tubes: Six of one . . .
Must substantially different amplifier technologies yield substantially different sounds? It seems to be so. Even a tube amp that doesn't sound "tubey" has a particular sound, a particular way of unraveling the musical thread. Likewise, even the least "solid-state–sounding" transistor amps tend to have signature sounds. The best ones don't sound etched or bright on top, nor need the midrange feel threadbare or lacking in harmonic completeness.


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|2007-06-11, 19:08
|Link #221
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You know mlai, I would be so happy to think of some ideas for you. The script that is,
and btw, what does anti cheese mean? Anti-romantic? or just you hate Cheesy stuff? I don't like Cheesy stuff either, but is thee at least some humour involved? Nice drawing btw. Sigh I gave up so much skills when i decided to go for music. Now I can't even draw manga now T_T used to be such a good drawer, sigh.... Ah well, all that will change when I get into university next year!!! Mwuhahahahaha, expect a Japanese translator AND Manga drawer in t6 months! (hey, I need time to get my skills back okay?????!!!!) Yeah if you could just send the script to me, I could discuss it with iamandragon or some of my friends at school, since some of us do a lot of media work which involves LOTS of scripting. Keep up the good work though! (I assume that's Saber in the drawing? doesn't seem like it because her famous hair sticking out isn't really there. Just a guess. The wind might be affecting it) AH! I'm talking too much. yeah if you can just send me a script and I keep help or possible new ideas.
|2007-06-11, 19:41
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Join Date: Jul 2006
The script is essentially finished. I just fine-tune it now and then when I get a new idea. For example, I mentioned I added to a sparse scene in the middle of the night which led to my Saber/Shirou dream.
But I don't mind ppl reading my script. I had sent it to my RL friends to read just so I could get some feedback. So far my co-artist is my only real feedback, but he can't keep pace with my feverish imagination. If you or some others here want to read it I wouldn't mind. I'd email it rather than post it publicly, though. It's very long anyways (for a script). 35+ pages.
"Anti-cheese" means that I'm not drawing this manga so I can create scenes of Saber and Shirou fawning at each other so I can feel better. I'm not drawing for the sake of a "good ending" like what Demongod wants. I'm sure there's an appropriate intern3t term for it but I couldn't think of it.
There is romance and humor. And mystery, fighting, and the rest.
For the picture in question, I was doubting myself a lot. "Does this even look like her? I don't know, she doesn't show this emotion/expression EVER in the anime! Plus I'm straying from the Type-Moon style... Argh I don't know!"
But then I was re-watching FSN, and in one of the flashback-to-Camelot scenes, the one where Saber was sitting on her throne... When half her knights rebelled and walked out of her court, I noticed she had the same expression! And I didn't copy from it or even think of it when I was drawing! I felt so vindicated.
Oops I'm babbling too. So yeah, anyone who wants to read my script and give me feedback, just PM to me your email address.
Edit: BTW, if you don't like Saber, then you may not be interested in my story since she is 1 of 2 main characters.
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|2007-06-11, 19:56
|Link #223
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I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE SABER! Or as the Hawaians would say, I ALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHA Saber!
EDIT: My email is email@example.com
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|2007-06-17, 19:51
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This is the best Shirou + Saber fanfiction that I know of. As long as you kind of ignore the Transformers parts of it, the Shirou + Saber parts are beautiful.
If you like giant robots, you don't even have to ignore the Transformers parts. Then the entire thing is beautiful. Nerroth somehow integrated two widely disparate universes into one story.
|2007-06-18, 06:44
|Link #229
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I'm not illustrating for the Fate/Transform crossover fanfic. It's not my fanfiction.
When I am ready to upload my fan manga, it will be on www.drunkduck.com, and I will link it via a banner.
I don't draw poster fanart. The manga pages take all my time.
|2007-06-18, 18:16
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There's also my version of Saber+SHirou being together, without all the cybertron transformer parts, but I'm juat having troubles trying not to have the same plot as mlai or Nerroth or else that'd be copying. It's currently down for editing, but I'll have it back up soon when I get my Macbook pro tomorrow.
|2007-07-24, 11:59
|Link #233
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: In a place in the mountins of Europe, a place where legends still spring in the world of modern man.
You know, I found out from the manga that a servant's power is estimated by the number of people who know about the servant and their deeds. IF that is the case then Emiya Shirou aka Archer becomes a very well know hero in the future, seeing as he can go head to head with Harcules and King Arthur and hold his own quite well against them. Actually I can of think that he might be as powerful as Saber.
|2007-07-25, 11:10
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And Saber > Archer.
|2007-07-25, 13:53
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Not Enough Sleep
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Archer was famous not for being a hero but being the fall guy for war by someone he rescue.
|2007-08-04, 15:24
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I must say, it was bloody difficult to choose my favourites. I chose Rin overall, though, because she's obviously the brains of the whole deal. Calm, cool, collected, snarky enough to know how to throw her enemies off their game and mature enough to know when she's outmatched.
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|2008-05-21, 22:16
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I My Me Strawberry Eggs
My favorite FSN characters are Archer and Saber.
The main charaters of FSN remind me of the ones from Tsukihime.
Firstly, Arcueid and Saber are both thousand-year old gaijins (foreigners) who have each mysterious past stained with blood which neither wants to remember fondly. Plus they get attracted to much younger teenage high school guys
Secondly Tohno Shiki (Tsukihime) and Emiya Shirou (Fate/Stay Night) have completely similar backgrounds, similar tastes in women, similar personalities, etc. Shiki and Shirou are both the sole survivors of massacres when they were children. They are orphans who were adopted. They are naive and clueless. They are high school students had a traumatic past that has shaped their lives, not to mention that those guys skip school very frequently so they could wage battles against monsters alongside with their female partners. EDIT: Shiki and Shirou rarely show up in class since they had to help Arcueid and Saber fight their battles. They are attracted to older immortal foreigners who wear long sleeve shirt and long skirt. They skip class due to being with their girlfriends. (Shirou's training with Saber or Shiki's hunting vampires with Arcueid.) They have special powers which they've been aware since childhood but had absolutely no idea how much greater their powers would be until in the later episodes where they gradually realized their true potential. They started out being weak but became real kickass in the end. Shirou has Archer [more evil/kickass version] and Shiki has Nanaya [more evil/kickass version too!]
|2008-05-22, 06:12
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SPOILER ALERT: This recap reveals the elimination results of Week 7 of "Dancing With the Stars."
On Tuesday night's "Dancing With the Stars," a celebration of salsa and sambas took a sad turn as Latin Week translated to "adios" for one mirrorball hopeful. After a solo Latin dance and a dance-off challenge, on Week 7 of the competition, comedian Andy Dick was eliminated from the show.
Watch Andy's performance from Monday's show:
While the judges did pull out their No. 10 paddles this week (Kellie Pickler and Aly Raisman each earned a pair of 10s), Andy took a serious blow to his ego when he was slapped with a measly five points from Carrie Ann Inaba. Bruno Tonioli's remark about Andy's rumba ("You've taken an unforgettable, classic dance ... and I wish I could forget") didn't help ease the pain.
The comedian -- who scored a mere 17 points out of 30, his lowest score since Week 1 -- remarked that he was tired of being called a nondancer.
In an interview with On the Red Carpet, Andy's pro partner, Sharna Burgess, expressed her frustration with the judges: "I'm mad because, yes, we do have the judges that say, 'Your commitment, your heart' ... but then we have this one judge that likes to stand up every week and tell jokes and be mean to be funny. There's not one week when [Bruno Tonioli] has given us a dance criticism."
[Related: Former 'Baywatch' Babe Dishes on Ex and 'Charles in Charge' Co-Star Scott Baio]
"I'm always the butt of the joke, always," Andy said, citing the judges' comparisons of his dancing to Woody Allen and Cloris Leachman.
When his elimination was announced, an emotional Andy -- who has been vocal about his addiction recovery -- fought back tears as he expressed gratitude for the opportunity to compete on the show.
"It's just been the best," he said. "The fact that we were still here in Week 7. Really, how? Why? How? Why? How? So it's been the best thing. I thank everybody here… it's been a wonderful ride."
In addition to Andy and Sharna, actor Ingo Rademacher and his pro partner Kym Johnson landed in this week's bottom two. After Ingo's rumba on Monday night, judge Bruno Tonioli told the "General Hospital" star, "They say the hips don't lie, but in your case I wish they could." But Ingo redeemed himself later in the night when a dance-off challenge rumba against Sean Lowe had the soap star standing out in what Bruno described as "a battle of the hunks."
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This week's competition was full of twists, including a first-ever immunity award that meant bon-bon-shaking leaderboard toppers Kellie and Derek Hough were safe (no viewer votes needed!), while the remaining couples vied for extra points with a dance-off challenge. Aly, Zendaya Coleman, and Ingo all won their challenge dances, earning three extra points, which were added to their scores.
So far this season, Andy, Victor Ortiz, D.L. Hughley, Lisa Vanderpump, and Wynonna Judd have all been eliminated from "Dancing With the Stars." Olympic skater Dorothy Hamill dropped out of the competition in Week 2 because of an injury.
The next episode of "Dancing With the Stars" Season 16 airs on Monday, 5/6 at 8 PM on ABC.


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SALEM, W.Va. – Behind strong shooting in the first half led by Alley Sprouse and Allison Bosse's team-high 11 points, the Lady Tornado defeated Salem International University for the second time this season by a score of 65-45. Bosse was one rebound shy of recording a double-double while King improved to 5-2 with their third consecutive win.
King began the game on a 12-4 run spurred by sophomore Chelsea Bowling (Elizabethton, Tenn.) who hit back-to-back three pointers to put the Lady Tornado ahead early. Allison Bosse (Knoxville, Tenn.) hit her first of four field goals to put the Lady Tornado up six points before Stephanie Brantley (Pilot Mountain, N.C.) came straight off the bench and added her first points of the game with a layup, putting King ahead by eight.
The Lady Tornado's lead extended into double digits for the first time near the 10-minute mark of the first half when Alley Sprouse (Newport, Tenn.) continued her perfect first half with a layup to put the team up 22-12. Sprouse completed the first half going a perfect 4-for-4 from field goal range.
Beginning at 11:16 left in the first, King scored the next 10 points to extend their lead to 14 points and put one more on the board going into halftime for a 36-21 midway lead. The Lady Tornado ruled the paint by scoring 22 of their 36 points in the lane.
The second half was more evenly matched despite King outscoring SIU by five points, 29-25, in the frame. The final four minutes put the game away for King as they built upon their 12 point lead with a 10-2 run to close out the game. Bosse scored six of her 11 points during this time by going 2-for-4 from the field, 2-for-2 from the free throw line, while tallying four of her nine total rebounds.
Inkera Patterson led the Tigers with 14 points on 6-of-14 shooting and was the only player in double figures for SIU. She also had two steals.
Joining Bosse in double-digit scoring was Alley Sprouse who finished 5-for-10 with 10 points and four rebounds. She recorded King's only block on the day.
Senior Brooke Johnson was held to four points in the contest marking the second straight game being held to that many points. She now has 69 points on the season and is 161 from reaching 1,000 points in her career.
King (5-2) has now won three games in a row with this their second win over SIU this season after their 71-45 victory over the Tigers on Dec. 4. They will play at Barton on Jan. 3 in their next game as part of a basketball doubleheader beginning at 5:30 p.m. in Wilson, N.C. Their next home game will be Jan. 5 against Belmont Abbey College.


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Patent troll expert Professor Robin Feldman of UC Hastings said that patent rights are not the same as other property rights.
The US constitution says the purpose of patents is to promote the progress of the useful arts. Society has a right and an obligation to bring them back into line if they are not fit for purpose. President Obama has now intervened, with 12 new rules to reduce the impact of NPEs, known as non-practicing entities, or trolls.
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Marian University's Institute for Green and Sustainable Science (IGSS) has received a highly competitive grant from the federal government that will fund the well-regarded summer program for at least two more years, according to Carl Lecher, Ph.D. '97, associate professor of chemistry and director of the institute. Marian University received the only such grant for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5, comprising Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
The IGSS Summer Program is held on the campus of Marian University, and is taught by faculty from the Marian University School of Mathematics and Sciences. In addition to an innovative curricular component, participants can engage in research anchored in one of the four EPA environmental priorities.
Previous research topics have ranged from studying the effects of habitat fragmentation on song sparrow behavior, to chemical and biological investigations of endocrine disruptors, to examination of the hydrogen evolution properties of candidate hydrogen storage materials, to waste minimization in high school laboratories through the implementation of green chemistry techniques and procedures.
IGSS participants make contributions to the broader community both on and off campus. This summer IGSS is partnering with the Hoosier Environmental Council and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful.
"At no other point in history has an understanding of sustainability been so vital to humanity's survival," Dr. Lecher said. "Natural resources are being depleted at an alarming rate; yet, sustainability solutions are poorly served in politics, the media, and even some sectors of education. Many times, individuals feel overwhelmed by an excess of information (and sometimes disinformation), and sustainability and its related issues are often seen as too massive or challenging to conquer individually."
The EPA awarded the $216,000 Environmental Education Grant to support the IGSS Summer Program's goals. Participants in the intensive, seven-week program develop scientific skills to understand diverse environmental sustainability issues, and utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills to make smarter and more informed decisions in their personal, professional, and civic lives and the desire to positively impact those around them.
IGSS was established in 2009 as a partnership between Lecher and IGSS co-director, Roderick Macrae, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry. "Marian University was the first university in the state of Indiana, and one of very few institutions in the United States, to offer a comprehensive green organic chemistry laboratory curriculum," said Lecher. "This curriculum was developed in 2003 and has been offered ever since." IGSS serves as an umbrella organization embracing the interests of Marian University faculty in ecology, green chemistry, and energy science.
The first IGSS Summer Program was offered in 2009, and has grown to include college students from Marian University and regional institutions, as well as high school science teachers. IGSS alumni have experienced great success in gaining coveted internships, being admitted to graduate schools, and receiving job placement upon graduation. Among this year's group of 14 participants are teachers from Cardinal Ritter, Pike, and Hamilton Southeastern High Schools.
Students from the University of Dayton and Wabash College will join eight students from Marian University's School of Mathematics and Sciences in the program. Participants in the program pay no out of pocket expenses, earn a $400-per-week stipend, and receive five credit hours toward their degree or continuing education.
"While environmental consciousness is not a new concept," said Lecher, "at the societal level the majority of people lack the scientific literacy to recognize and incorporate sustainability practices. Utilizing the science of sustainability as a model system for the teaching of sound science is a novel way to improve science literacy at every level of society. At the center of such education is an understanding of sustainable practices, from consumer activity, through building processes, to the energy economy. Effective environmental education will cultivate a scientifically literate citizenry that is well-prepared to tackle the problems of modern society."
The EPA's goal is that the IGSS Summer Program will serve as a model for the creation of similar programs across the nation.
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Watch This Short Video And Learn How To Use Tiny Little Text Messages To Bring Massive Romance And Passion Into Your Life
In today's post I want to talk about "Dirty Texting Ideas". . . how to create amazing levels of passion, lust and desire in any man or woman you want, just by pushing a few buttons on your cell phone.
Jenny asks:
"Hey, Mike. I love your newsletter and your 'Text the Romance Back' program, but I want to get DIRTIER. Can you show me how to use dirty text messages to turn my man on so he can't stop thinking about me and so he ravages me as soon as he gets home?"
Hey Jenny,
Thanks for your question, it's one I get a LOT.
And uh . . . yeah, of course I can =-) It's kind of my job.
(Quick Caveat: To really answer this question properly I have to get a little dirty in this article. Hope you don't mind.)
The key with "Dirty Texting" (whether you're texting a man or a woman) is to use the right words and the right language to engage your partner's imagination and to make them feel like they had a highly charged "Dirty" experience with you, even if they're miles (or hundreds of miles away.)
One of the big mistakes people make with Dirty Texting (especially guys) is to go right for "vulgar" without any build up or anticipation.
But the right way to do a "Dirty Text" is to use tension and anticipation to build up and tease your partner . . .
And to use the "Power Words" of "Feel" and "Imagine" to basically hijack the sexual center of their brain.
Here's how you actually do it . . .
1. Send a "Curiosity Magnet" text like I show you in both "Text the Romance Back" and 'TextYourWifeIntoBed.com' . . .
This is just a simple "hook" to get the man or woman you're interested in to pay attention to you.
2. Quickly establish a sexual context to the conversation . . .
3. Take control and narrate your partner's experience for them (this is important. Often times the worst thing you can do is expect a back and forth over text from your partner. You want to be 100% in the driver's seat here.)
4. Use an "Anticipation Builder" to turn your "Dirty Text" into a self fulfilling prophesy.
Here's an example:
Let's say we have Jim and Linda, they've been together for a while, but thanks to kids, jobs and all that they don't have enough time together as they'd like.
JIm decides he wants to really get Linda's motor running, so here's what he does . . .
Jim: (out of nowhere): I can't stop thinking about . . .
Linda: About what (If Linda doesn't respond, Jim should just keep going anyway.)
Jim: Your ass when you stepped out of the shower this morning. It's all I could do not to drag you back into bed with me. (Notice how Jim quickly makes this a sexual conversation. You need to strike fast.)
Linda: Oh really? =-)
Jim: Really. You have no idea how fucking beautiful you are . . . I wish I was there with you right now. Watching you in your little work skirt. Just imagine how it would feel seeing me walk into your office, this hunger all across my face. I lock the door behind me, you feel your heart beating like a jackrabbit. I walk around behind your desk. You feel my lips on your neck. This heat building in your body. Your hips push back against me . . .
Linda: Mmmm. That would be nice.
From there, Jim continues to "narrate the scene" in the present tense to give Linda a really nice ride (I'm not going to get super explicit here, but you get the idea.)
Then he finishes off with something simple like . ..
Jim: Can't wait to see you tonight . . . =-)
5 Quick Dirty Texting Ideas
Feel free to try these yourself:
"You have no idea how much you turn me on. Just the smell of you makes my whole body shake."
"Try not to think about (something you know he or she loves sexually.)
The "Last Night" – "I can't stop thinking about last night . . . the way you tasted. The way you made me feel."
"If you were here right now . . ." (talk about what you would do if they were there right now.)
"When you get home tonight I want you to . . ." (Explicitly lay out what you want them to do.)
Remember, have fun with this. And the sky is really the limit.


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The Villain of the Piece
I've seen 'The Social Network', written by Aaron Sorkin a couple of times, deeply impressed by the script's vibrant construction and razor sharp dialogue. The film's prologue, a break up ceremony between a fictional Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend, is one brilliant bit of writing, one that stands on its own as a scene, while establishing the themes of class envy, blinding intelligence and casual misogyny that weave through the narrative like threads in a finely tailored suit.
There was an outcry by some very smart women that 'The Social Network' not only depicts sexism but is sexist itself, falling victim to the evil it attempts to illustrate. Any acute depiction of a condescending attitude toward women is likely to make folks uncomfortable, especially the people being depicted as objects of scorn. "The fact that the real Zuckerberg has had a real life long term relationship made some feel the salty nerd Sorkin created in 'The Social Network' was a violation of the truth and a ruse played upon a gullible audience.
But 'The Social Network' is not journalism and I didn't expect fidelity to the facts when I entered the multiplex. (All screenwriters know "based on a true story" is as reliable a barometer of accuracy as the dealer in a three card monte game.) My feeling was that Sorkin was using the fictional Zuckerberg as a metaphor for the insecure boy's club that is Silicon Valley and the world of net nerds worldwide.
If this fact doesn't satisfy the film's female critics, believe me I understand. The most talked about African-American feature film of 2010 is 'For Colored Girls,' Tyler Perry's adaptation of Ntozake Shange's 1970s play/poem that features black male characters who are cruel, alcoholic, rapists, wife beaters and child killers.The play is a touchstone of black feminism and I don't believe there's a working black actress in Hollywood who hasn't been in at least one production. In Perry's film there is one good dude (a policeman and husband) just as in Sorkin's script there is a smart, perceptive attorney played by Rashida Jones amid a world of Facebook groupies.
But 'For Colored Girls' is never gonna be a black man's favorite viewing experience. And why should it be? Like Sorkin in 'The Social Network', Perry has a point of view on sexual relations that defines the work they created and they follow it through with gusto. I have no problem with 'For Colored Girls' existing (though I didn't love the filmmaking.) It wasn't made for me and I'm not the audience for it. Art with no viewpoint is just product and we have more than enough of that. But it does sting when you find yourself the villain of the piece.


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Dr. William C. Potter, director of the Monterey Institute's James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), will testify before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs this Friday at a special hearing addressing "The Impact of U.S. Export Controls on National Security, Science and Technological Leadership."
The hearing, to be held Friday morning at 10:30 am on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California, will feature testimony from two witnesses: Dr. Potter and Dr. John L. Hennessy, President of Stanford University and a member of the National Research Council.
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(Reuters) - Louis van Gaal refused to answer questions on Tuesday about his possible appointment as the new Manchester United manager as speculation mounted over an imminent announcement.
The Netherlands coach turned down several chances to talk about a move to Old Trafford during a news conference in Hoenderloo, where the Dutch squad is holding a pre-World Cup training camp.
"I'm here as Dutch national team coach, not the future Manchester United coach," Van Gaal said.
"You must wait until the process is complete. If you want to know more, then you must be at Manchester United or any other club," he added in a testy exchange with reporters.
He also declined to reveal his plans for Wednesday, when there is a day off for the Dutch players at the camp, prompting speculation that it might allow the 62-year-old to fly to England to sign a contract.
"Are you getting on a plane tomorrow?" a reporter asked.
"Ask Manchester, I don't know," Van Gaal said. "Now there will be press sitting (outside my) house tomorrow to see what I'm doing.
"I said a few words last week about Manchester United because there were uninvited English journalists here and I thought it would be a little mean spirited if I did not answer a few of their questions.
"I mumbled a few words to them and from that they write 60 full pages. But you can't do anything about it."
On Wednesday last week Van Gaal told English journalists that he "would love" the United job, and that "I hope I shall be the one" chosen as their new manager.
He also aimed a put-down at a BBC reporter who asked him what he knew about Manchester United. "That's a stupid question," said Van Gaal, whose relations with the media are rarely relaxed.
United are looking for a new manager after sacking David Moyes in April. Ryan Giggs took temporary charge of the team for the final four Premier League games of the season, as United finished seventh and missed out on qualification for European competition.
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Trust me danbobrob. Ain't no draft picks by Gillis and his band of merry men, post 1st round that will ever be as good as Krecji, Bergeron, Marchand and Lucic. Gillis blows monkey balls when it comes to drafting and developing.dbr wrote:Yawn. So Gillis doesn't stack up against four very impressive draft picks across four years by one of the league's best run organizations, you're really going out on a limb there Dude.RoyalDude wrote:I'm just curious as to why Gillis has been unable to find any steals outside of the first round like the Bruins have in Bergeron and Lucic, both 2nd rounders and Krecji and Marchand both 3rd rounders. Key players to the Bruins Stanley Cup win. Not one prospect of his has that potential, and pulllleasse do not mention Rodin, Connauton blah, blah, blah....
Bergeron was a great pick out of one of the best draft classes ever (but I could complain about him the same way you do about others.. what the fuck were the Bruins thinking passing on Shea Weber?), it's beyond unrealistic to expect that even occasionally from any organization.
Lucic I think we are all pissed about. His size allowed him to break into the league almost right away but it was two seasons after the 2006 draft before he produced like a good third liner and four before he produced like a second or first liner. The Canucks didn't have a second (or first, or third) in the draft of players that would currently be where Lucic was at in that third season, and overall in Gillis' tenure have just Hodgson/Sauve who are in comparable positions to Lucic in that fifth season.
Krejci and Marchand don't compare because they each took years (three for Krejci, four for Marchand) to break into the league after they were drafted. The Canucks only really have one forward drafted in a similar spot in Anton Rodin and he's had injury problems that have held up his development... all the rest of their selections have been too recent to judge or too late in the draft to fairly compare.
Rodin??? Are you fucking kidding me. Maybe Gillis might have bagged a decent prospect had he not wasted the 2nd and 3rd round picks on Bernier and the 1st round pick on Ballard.
Can you imagine if we had both Brayden McNabb (Buffalo selected him with our 3rd pick Gillis gave them for Bernier) and Quinton Howden in our system? (Florida selected Howden with our 1st pick). Both McNabb and Howden are very good prospects. That being said, Gillis probably would have selected some goofball if he had the pick.


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Despite the important role of vitamin A in lung development, researchers have found that giving the nutrient to pregnant women or preschoolers in Nepal doesn't protect kids against asthma.
But the findings don't mean vitamin A isn't important, especially in regions where vitamin deficiencies are common, according to the scientists.
Women taking vitamin supplements had a lower chance of dying during pregnancy, for instance. And those who took vitamin A while pregnant had kids with larger lungs, which have been linked to better survival.
"We're kind of narrowing down what the effect of vitamin A is," said Dr. William Checkley, from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, who worked on the study.
The lungs need vitamin A as they are developing and the nutrient is also involved in keeping lung tissue healthy over time, the researchers explain in the European Respiratory Journal.
In addition, previous studies hinted that people with lower levels of vitamin A in their blood are more likely to have asthma. But those kinds of studies, called observational studies, can't tease out cause and effect. Checkley and his colleagues wanted to see if by adding vitamin A to kids' or pregnant women's diets, they might lower the children's risk of asthma.
So the team followed up on two different trials that gave vitamin A or vitamin-free placebo pills to Nepalese women or kids.
The studies involved more than 5,000 kids and young adults, age nine to 23, who had gotten vitamin A or a placebo as preschoolers, or whose mothers had done so before and during pregnancy. All of them were living in an area of rural Nepal where vitamin deficiency is common.
Researchers asked all the kids if they had problems with wheezing or coughing or had ever had asthma. They also tested how well the kids' lungs were working using a device called a spirometer.
Between zero and two percent of the kids said they had had asthma at some point, and less than one percent currently did so — with no differences between the placebo and vitamin groups.
There were no differences in how many kids reported wheezing or coughing in the two groups either, or in how well their lungs worked.
Still, Checkley said the findings might have looked different in another location.
"The effect of vitamin A may vary as to the setting," he told Reuters Health. "The prevalence (of asthma) was low in Nepal."
In the U.S., for example, nearly 10 percent of kids are diagnosed with the disease.
It's possible that in an urban area where asthma is more common to begin with, giving pregnant moms or kids vitamin A may better protect kids against asthma, Checkley said.
It's also not clear how the findings would apply to a population where vitamin A deficiency wasn't such a problem.
More than 300 million people worldwide have asthma, Checkley said, and increases in asthma rates have put researchers on a search for possible culprits. Pollution and allergies have been linked to asthma, and food and nutrition are other targets of investigation.
"Obviously diet is still one of those questions — is it important or not?" Checkley said.
Researchers are still wondering, "Can we prevent or reduce the risk of asthma by giving (vitamin A) supplements?"
So far, his work suggests the answer is no — at least in this group of kids, in one part of the world.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer gave the Dow a lift after posting a strong earnings report. That helped push the index closer to 14,000.
The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 13,954. The index has advanced seven of the past eight days. The Standard and Poor's 500 gained 7 points to 1,507. The Nasdaq composite fell less than a point to 3,153.
Stocks are approaching record levels after a January rally that has pushed the Dow 6.5 percent higher this month and the S&P 500 up 5.7 percent, to its highest level since December 2007. Demand was bolstered after lawmakers reached a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" at the start of the year.
Advancing stocks outpaced declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was above average at 3.9 billion shares.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A follow-up to "Snow White and the Huntsman" is moving forward, though it's still unclear if Kristen Stewart will return as the warrior princess.
Universal Pictures Chairman Adam Fogelson says the studio is aiming for a 2015 release on the sequel to last year's fairy-tale action story.
The movie became overshadowed by headlines surrounding Stewart's affair with her "Snow White" director, Rupert Sanders. The revelation temporarily broke up Stewart's romance with "Twilight" co-star Robert Pattinson, though they later reconciled.
Fogelson said Tuesday at the CinemaCon convention for theater owners in Las Vegas that a sequel is in the works. A studio spokeswoman says no other details are available.
Stewart's spokeswoman did not immediately return phone and email messages Wednesday about whether the actress would be back for the sequel.


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Why Kicking Fans Off The Internet Won't Make Them Buy
from the we've-done-this-before dept
And, on top of that, we already have empirical evidence that a fear-based campaign doesn't make people buy any more. Over at The Telegraph in the UK (where I'll now be writing a semi-regular column) I explore how the industry already tried a fear-based campaign when they threatened and/or sued tens of thousands of individuals for file sharing. Even the industry's most strident defenders, who support taking away people's internet access have admitted that such a punishment is less scary than being sued and potentially on the hook for millions of dollars.
So how did that work out? If the industry's logic is correct, than the fear of being hit with a multi-million dollar fine should be a lot more persuasive in (a) getting people to give up file sharing and (b) buy more instead. And yet... the industry is still freaking out, complaining about phantom "losses" and demanding new laws to protect them. So, if kicking people off the internet is less fearful than being on the hook for millions of dollars, and the potential of being sued for so much did not slow the growth of file sharing or get people to buy any more, can someone explain (please) how it's possible that anyone thinks kicking people off the internet will get them to buy?


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Process and law: Foster's questionable circumventionEDITORIAL
April 21. 2014 11:23PM
Jim Reams is the duly elected Rockingham County Attorney. Joe Foster, the state Attorney General, investigated allegations of misconduct by Reams and chose not to press criminal charges. Yet Foster ordered Reams out of office and continues to maneuver to keep him out without letting him challenge Foster's report chronicling alleged misdeeds. Such a denial of due process should not stand.
Let us be clear that the misconduct Foster alleges in his report is indefensible if true. But no one has proven it true, and Foster is trying to keep Reams out without having to prove the allegations. There is a legally established procedure for removing an elected county attorney. Foster is trying to keep Reams out without going through that procedure.
County attorneys are entitled to hearings prior to their removal from office. That is the law. Circumventing the law to remove an elected official from office more quickly than the law allows is not acceptable behavior for an attorney general.


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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation revoked the operating license of a troubled discount bus service running between New York and Boston, saying it stopped cooperating with federal safety inspectors on Friday and blocked access to its safety records.
"We will not hesitate to immediately shut down a bus or truck company that ignores safety regulations and puts innocent lives at risk," said Anne Ferro, administrator of the department's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
The Fung Wah bus service shut down earlier this week after it was barred from operating out of Boston's South Station bus terminal. That came after its entire 28-bus fleet was pulled off the road when Massachusetts inspectors found various problems, including cracked bus frames. The company temporarily kept running, in part by using chartered buses.
Department of Transportation officials said once Fung Wah stopped cooperating with safety investigators it was able to revoke its operating authority registration under a law passed in July.
"Bus companies that jeopardize public safety and refuse to cooperate with our investigators have no place on the road, and now, thanks to our additional authority, we can take them off," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
No one answered at a New York number for Fung Wah and it was not possible to leave a message.
The company has attracted customers with its frequent trips and low cost tickets — $15 for most trips.
But it's had problems in the past, including a $31,000 fine in 2006 for safety violations after a rollover accident in Massachusetts injured dozens of passengers.
Its drivers rate in the bottom 3 percent nationwide for driver fitness, a measure of training and experience, according to safety evaluations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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TAMPA — For Florida Gov. Rick Scott, it's more than a budget. It's his blueprint for a re-election campaign.
Scott will submit budget proposals Wednesday to the Legislature for the fiscal year that begins July 1. With a projected revenue boost of $846 million, Scott wants to spend more on popular programs while also offering tax and fee cuts.
He has been hitting the road, promoting his ideas in public as never before, while his staff privately seeks buy-in from key legislators.
"I like what I see so far," said Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville. "But what we don't know yet is what the entire budget picture looks like from a revenue or expense standpoint. We don't know what might have to give for some of these very good initiatives to get funding."
Scott's plan comes with its own campaign-style name: "It's Your Money Tax Cut Budget."
He wants $500 million in tax and fee cuts and $542 million more for public education, $130 million for the Everglades and water protection and $55 million to protect springs, a back-to-school sales tax holiday that will save taxpayers an estimated $60 million and $31 million more to protect children from abuse and neglect.
The total: $1.4 billion or nearly twice as much as the revenue surplus, which means Scott must cut elsewhere to balance his budget, and some of those cuts could be politically troublesome.
Scott was not ready to discuss those plans Tuesday. He has asked his agencies to recommend cuts totaling $100 million, but brushed aside a question of where he wants reductions.
"We're watching how we spend your money," Scott said. "But look, our budget is tied to sales tax growth and property taxes, and guess what's happening? Properties are going up in value."
Scott visited the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa to highlight an $80 million budget request for cancer research. Most of that money, $60 million, would help hospitals and universities obtain a prestigious designation from the National Cancer Institute. Moffitt already enjoys that designation, but others, including a University of Florida and Orlando Health partnership, also want to win that recognition, which goes to world-class programs in multidisciplinary cancer research and clinical care.
In an election year, Scott's fellow Republicans in the Legislature are likely to be more accommodating than in the past. But in some areas, his spending plan already faces skepticism in the House.
The lead House budget-writer, state Rep. Seth McKeel, R-Lakeland, says Scott's call for nearly $200 million in Everglades and water-related spending is a tough sell.
"That's huge, from our perspective," McKeel said. "That's going to be a tough one."
The budget surplus won't last long, for other reasons. Medicaid enrollment is growing, the prison population is on the rise and the state is on the hook for $51 million more in increases in benefits for workers.
Scott's No. 1 priority is a partial repeal of unpopular car and truck registration fees approved five years ago to patch a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall.
A typical motorist would save $25 from Scott's proposal, which would take $400 million from the state treasury. Another $100 million tax cut would come from eliminating one-half of 1 cent of a 6 percent statewide sales tax businesses pay on rents.
Those two pocketbook proposals are why Scott can't also pitch a proposed $1 billion increase in school spending as he has in each of the past two years.In a pivotal election year, fee cuts are just as important as education, and a $60 million back-to-school sales tax holiday represents twice as big a savings as his $31 million child protection initiative."Tax relief is the right call," McKeel said. "It's definitely time to give taxpayers a break."
In the coming months, the Legislature will write its own budget, accepting some of Scott's ideas, ignoring others and substituting their own for Scott's as they have for the past three years.Last year, lawmakers reworked Scott's request for a $2,500 raise for every teacher, and the result amounted to a lot less for most.
Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, will propose a five-point plan of shared priorities, including hefty spending increases in career and professional education to train students for technical jobs.
"We intend to double down, going forward," Gaetz said.
Scott has been paying regular visits to the state's largest media markets to promote his budget ideas. In Tampa and Orlando, he called attention Tuesday to proposals to spend more for cancer research and to offer a small cut in the sales tax that businesses pay for rent. He visited a lumber store Monday in Miami to tout a sales tax break on hurricane supplies such as first-aid kits and radios.


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Josh Freeman found Dallas Clark down the left sideline for the deciding touchdown to lift the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 27-21 overtime win against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
Freeman finished the game 25-for-46 passing for 248 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. Vincent Jackson had six catches for 94 yards and Doug Martin carried the ball 24 times for 138 yards, including 48 yards on the decisive drive for the Bucs (6-4), who have won four straight.
"All wins are satisfying, but this one was fun," said Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano. "It is rewarding to those guys. It is so hard to win in the National Football League, every win is great."
Cam Newton was 16-for-29 passing for 252 yards and a touchdown while Brandon LaFell caught five passes for 93 yards and a score for the Panthers (2-8), losers in two straight and seven of their last eight.
"This is as bad as it gets. We had every opportunity to win," said Carolina coach Ron Rivera. "Wen you have an opportunity to close it out with a four- minute offense you can't take negative plays and unfortunately we did. You have an opportunity to stop them and for whatever reason you don't recognize the formation and don't make the play.
Trailing 21-13 with just 1:02 left in regulation, Freeman orchestrated a 7-play, 80-yard drive to tie the game. Freeman found Jackson up the middle for a 17-yard completion to put the ball at the Carolina 24. Freeman then spiked the ball to stop the clock, and on the next play found Jackson in the end zone for a touchdown.
Freeman then turned back to Jackson for the two-point conversion to knot the game at 21-21 to force overtime.
Three consecutive runs by Martin to open up the overtime period put the ball at the Panthers' 41 and Freeman found Mike Williams for a 13-yard completion. Following two more Martin rushes and a 4-yard completion to Jackson, Freeman tossed it to the sure-handed Clark for the game-winning 15-yard touchdown pass.
Clark's defender tripped on the play and the tight end waltzed into the end zone untouched.
After a three-and-out on their first touch the Bucs were forced to punt, but Captain Munnerlyn fumbled on the return and Tampa Bay capitalized on the miscue six plays later when Freeman found Nick Byham for a 3-yard touchdown reception.
Freeman dropped back and the pocket immediately collapsed, but Freeman tossed it to the back of the end zone and Byham seemingly came out of no where and made the catch to give Tampa Bay the early 7-0 lead.
Connor Barth's 51-yard field goal gave the Buccaneers a 10-0 cushion with 5:21 left in the first quarter.
Munnerlyn made up for his special teams blunder and picked off Freeman before returning it 74 yards for a touchdown. Freeman was wrapped up by two Carolina defenders and was being dragged down when he threw the ill-advised pass.
Stewart's 1-yard touchdown run capped an 8-play, 77-yard drive to put the Panthers up 14-10 with 8:53 left in the second. Earlier, Newton hit Steve Smith for a 17-yard catch-and-run on 3rd-and-2 to put the ball at the Tampa 11. The Bucs were then flagged for pass interference on 3rd-and-10 to set up Stewart's plunge.
Justin Medlock missed a 40-yard field goal at the 2:42 mark in the second quarter that would have extended the Panthers' lead to seven points.
The Bucs had an opportunity to take a 17-14 lead early in the fourth after getting inside the Panthers' 10-yard line, but Martin fumbled on 4th-and-1 resulting in a touchback for Carolina.
Martin broke the first tackle, but the ball came lose just before he crossed the goal line.
The Panthers went up 21-10 when Newton found LaFell for a 29-yard touchdown pass. Earlier, Newton found LaFaell for a 20-yard gain before a 17-yard completion to Smith got the ball down to the Tampa 29 before dialing up LaFell on the next play for the score.
The Bucs kept their hopes alive with Barth's 40-yard field goal to cap a 10- play, 58-yard drive.
Game Notes
Freeman has thrown at least two touchdowns in six straight games ... The last time Tampa Bay won four straight was the 2008 season ... Carolina is 1-3 against NFC South opponents this season.


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